Jon Sunnerfjell
Biographic Data
| ID | 935333 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jon Sunnerfjell |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jon |
| FAMILY NAME | Sunnerfjell |
| SIGNATURE | SUNNERFJELL J |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Gothenburg |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-7066-895X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Presentation of self in the neoliberal society
In this article, we ethnographically explore the neoliberal society from two contrasting social and economic perspectives in Sweden: an elite community characterised by well-educated people, full employment and affluence and wealth and a former working-class community with high unemployment rates, poverty and poor education level. Analysing rich and varied field data from 2010 through 2023, the theoretical framework is rooted in Erving Goffman's …
Vad en bruksortskommuns sociologik kan säga oss om det aktiva samhället
[What the sociologic of an industrial community can tell us about the active society] In his essay, Jon Sunnerfjell explores the dynamics of the so-called active society, characterized by the withdrawal of the welfare state and the displacement of structural conflicts from the state to the local level, based on a larger ethnographic study of an industrial municipality’s action programme for the unemployed. The article highlights the contradiction…
Achieving active inclusion in an industrial community? Appropriating working-class culture in the local activation of unemployed
As a way of managing the challenges posed by automation, relocation of production, and economic crises, the Western welfare states have sought to implement so called active societies fostering changeable and self-reliant citizens able to navigate flexible capitalism responsibly. Increasingly, this plays out at the local level. Under the banner of active inclusion, a sense of community is here thought to turn the unemployed and presumably excluded…
Rendering the hidden visible
Purpose The purpose of this article is to complement the literature understanding present labour market measures as infused by a so-called neoliberal rationality, fostering self-managerial selves by means of self-inspection. It does so by providing a much-needed illustration of how such “work on the self” is achieved in practice. Design/methodology/approach The analysis draws on ethnographic fieldwork tracing the “active society” at the local lev…
Governing the unemployable in the neurochemical age? The case of disability coding at the Public Employment Service
Achieving active inclusion in an industrial community? Appropriating working-class culture in the local activation of unemployed
As a way of managing the challenges posed by automation, relocation of production, and economic crises, the Western welfare states have sought to implement so called active societies fostering changeable and self-reliant citizens able to navigate flexible capitalism responsibly. Increasingly, this plays out at the local level. Under the banner of active inclusion, a sense of community is here thought to turn the unemployed and presumably excluded…
Governing the unemployable in the neurochemical age? The case of disability coding at the Public Employment Service
Rendering the hidden visible
Purpose The purpose of this article is to complement the literature understanding present labour market measures as infused by a so-called neoliberal rationality, fostering self-managerial selves by means of self-inspection. It does so by providing a much-needed illustration of how such “work on the self” is achieved in practice. Design/methodology/approach The analysis draws on ethnographic fieldwork tracing the “active society” at the local lev…
Achieving active inclusion in an industrial community? Appropriating working-class culture in the local activation of unemployed
As a way of managing the challenges posed by automation, relocation of production, and economic crises, the Western welfare states have sought to implement so called active societies fostering changeable and self-reliant citizens able to navigate flexible capitalism responsibly. Increasingly, this plays out at the local level. Under the banner of active inclusion, a sense of community is here thought to turn the unemployed and presumably excluded…
Vad en bruksortskommuns sociologik kan säga oss om det aktiva samhället
[What the sociologic of an industrial community can tell us about the active society] In his essay, Jon Sunnerfjell explores the dynamics of the so-called active society, characterized by the withdrawal of the welfare state and the displacement of structural conflicts from the state to the local level, based on a larger ethnographic study of an industrial municipality’s action programme for the unemployed. The article highlights the contradiction…
Presentation of self in the neoliberal society
In this article, we ethnographically explore the neoliberal society from two contrasting social and economic perspectives in Sweden: an elite community characterised by well-educated people, full employment and affluence and wealth and a former working-class community with high unemployment rates, poverty and poor education level. Analysing rich and varied field data from 2010 through 2023, the theoretical framework is rooted in Erving Goffman's …
Social science (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Epistemology (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Gender Studies (2 works) · Gender Studies (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Psychology (2 works) · Social Psychology (2 works) · Subjectification (2 works)